| Резюме: | The hollowness of the president’s acquittal after impeachment may be exposed as leaks and investigations soldier on The Senate trial of Donald Trump has arrived at its preordained conclusion. The president has begun a victory lap to celebrate impunity and settle scores with a long list of enemies headed by Mitt Romney, while the Democrats return to their ill-starred primaries. But there are good reasons to believe that Ukraine, the reluctant focus of the impeachment battle, will continue to haunt US politics for some time to come. Trump’s factotum, Rudy Giuliani, called on Wednesday for a redoubling of efforts to mine the hapless country for damaging information about Joe Biden and his son, Hunter – the original sin that first launched impeachment saga. He was joined by two Republican senators, Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, who sought to demonstrate their fealty by calling for Hunter Biden, who landed a job on a Ukrainian energy firm during the Obama administration, to be investigated for using government-funded travel for business reasons. Continue reading... |